COAST ARTILLERY, JOURNAL - Air Defense Artillery

PROFESSIONAL NOTES 565
pile (wedge) with the cross crosslets fitche which device was copied from the coat
of arms of the 53d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, which took the cross crosslets
fitche from the arms of Commercy. The French railway gun stands for the history
of Headquarters Battery in France. The crest is taken from the coat of arms of
the Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook where the 7th Coast Artillery was organized
in 1924.
The change of designations of the units of this regiment is as follows:
Headquarters Battery: organized in 1898 as Battery H, 7th Regiment of
Artillery; redesignated 78th Company, Coast Artillery, in 1901; became 2d Com.
pany, Fort Moultrie, S. C., in 1916; Battery H, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast
Artillery Corps, in .1917; Battery H, S3d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, in
February, 1918; and Battery E, 42d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, in July,
1918; was given the additional number of 78th Company, Coast Artillery Corps,
in 1922; and became Headquarters Battery, 7th Coast Artillery, in 1924.
Battery A, 7th Coast Artillery, was organized in 1898 as Battery A, 7th
Regiment of Artillery; designated the 72d Company, Coast Artillery, in 1901;
became the 1st Company, Fort Screvens, Ga., in 1916, and 1st Company, Coast
Defenses of Savannah, in 1917; was again designated the 72d Company, Coast
Artillery Corps, in 1922; and became Battery A, 7th Coast Artillery, in 1924.
Battery B, 7th Coast Artillery, was organized in 1898 as Battery B, 7th
Regiment of Artillery; designated 73d Company,Coast Artillery, in 1901; changed
to 6th Company, Fort Grant, C. Z., in 1916, and to 6th Company, Coast Defenses
of Balboa, in 1917; was again designated the 73d Company, Coast Artillery
Corps, in 1922; and became Battery B, 7th Coast Artillery, in 1924.
Battery C, 7th Coast Artillery, was organized in 1898 as Battery I, 7th Regi.
ment of Artillery; designated 79th Company, Coast Artillery, in 1901; changed
to 1st Company,Fort Michie, N. Y., in 1916,and to 23d Company, Coast Defenses
of Long Island Sound, in 1917; became 18th Company-later 15th Company-
Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound, in 1918; 6th Company, Coast Defenses of
Long Island Sound, in 1919; again designated 79th Company, Coast Artillery
Corps, in 1922; and became Battery C, 7th Coast Artillery, in 1924.
Battery D, 7th Coast Artillery, was organized in 1898 as Battery D, 7th
Regiment of Artillery; designated 74th Company, Coast Artillery, in 1901; be.
came the 4th Company, Fort Screvens, Ga., in 1916, and the 2d Company, Fort
Screvens, Ga., in 1917; then Battery ~f, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery
Corps; Battery M, 53d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, in February, 1918, and
Battery F, 53d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps in July, 1918; received the designation,
74th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, in 1922; and became Battery D,
7th Coast Artillery, in 1924.
Battery E, 7th Coast Artillery, was organized in 1898 as Battery E, 7th Regiment
of Artillery; designated 75th Company, Coast Artillery, in 1901; became the
2d Company,Fort Kamehameha, H. T., in 1916,and 2d Company, Coast Defenses
of Pearl Harbor, in 1921; was again designated as the 75th Company, Coast Artillery
Corps, in 1922; and became Battery E, 7th Coast Artillery, in 1924.
Battery F, 7th Coast Artillery, was organized in 1898 as Battery F, 7th Regi.
ment of Artillery; designated 76th Company, Coast Artillery, in 1901; became
2d Company, Fort Hancock, N. J., in 1916, and 2d Company, Coast Defenses of
Sandy Hook, in 1917; was again designated the 76th Company, Coast Artillery
Corps, in 1922; and Battery F,7th Coast Artillery, in 1924.
Battery .G, 7th Coast Artillery, was organized in 1898 as Battery 1., 7th Regiment
of Artillery; designated 81st Company, Coast Artillery, in 1901; became